PAKISTANI NUKES: Somewhat lost in all the wreckless push toward forcing President Musharraf to call off his state of emergency and hold elections is the matter of Paki nukes and the missiles that deliver them. President Bush should be very careful about demanding Musharraf "take off his uniform". The thought of governmental chaos in Pakistan resulting in a radical Islamic takeover is horrifying. Those weapons would be used, given to Al Qaida, or both. The primary focus of the United States should be the security of all Paki nuclear materials. While publicly preaching democracy is all well and good, what we don't need is for that to result in loose nukes. Perhaps American interests are better served by the status quo, although there is some argument to be made concerning Musharraf's effectiveness in fighting terrorist forces. Former PM Bhutto is viewed as a stronger ally, but forcing a dangerous election to install her is irresponsible. The U.S. should take whatever steps are necessary to guarantee the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons without regard to altruistic fantasies. Failure to do so could result in the death of millions.
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PLAYING POLITICS (AGAIN): House Democrats, having previously failed to override the President's veto on a defeatist Iraq funding measure, are apparently going to waste more time and try again. The CINC has requested $196B in funding for the war over the next fiscal year. The legislation now proposed provides only $50B and requires American forces to begin withdrawal. Not only is the effort a potential propaganda victory for Al Qaida, it comes just as significant progress is being made on the ground in Iraq. The continual effort by Dems to go beyond their Constitutional authority and legislate war policy through funding is absurd. Either provide the money or not. That is their singular role, but they attempt to dance around the edges while bashing Bush and abetting terrorist propagandists everywhere. The simple fact is that the Democrap leadership promised to end the war, and that is a promise they do not have the authority to fulfill. They know full well any funding measure with strings attached to it will be immediately and rightly vetoed, and that they do not have the votes in the Senate to override. Any time spent on bills known to be veto bait is completely wasted political grandstanding. Congress repeatedly fails to provide regular annual funding legislation in a timely manner, instead playing games with the lives of our troops.
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AG CONFIRMED: Attorney General nominee Michal Mukasey was confirmed by the Senate late Thursday. The nomination looked to be in possible jeopardy over waterboarding, but resistance faded after President Bush let it be known it was either Mukasey or no one. The entire debate over interrogation tactics is excruciating, because there should be no debate. Waterboarding is a technique involving simulated drowning. It was used often during the Spanish Inquisition and during the murderous reign of Pol Pot in Cambodia. It is torture, and Congress should seek to define it as such, as well as enacting a clear enumeration of forbidden practices. There should be no vaguery on this subject. The use of torture is beneath a great nation like the United States and should not be tolerated. And don't start feeding me some garbage about an imaginary "ticking time bomb" scenario forwarded to legitimize cruelty. Using torture at any time makes us no better than our savage enemy. It is impossible for us to maintain the high moral ground while subjecting prisoners to simulated death. It all couldn't be more clearly unacceptable. We're supposed to be the good guys, and we ought to act like it.
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ISRAELI WARNING: On Wednesday MG Yossi Baidatz of Israeli intelligence warned that Iran could have a nuclear weapon by the end of 2009. Helpfully confirming that projection the very same day, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Iran now has over 3,000 centrifuges spinning away, presumably at Natanz. Barring miraculous diplomatic progress in the next six months, America will be forced to take action and strike Iranian nuclear facilities. The clock is ticking, and it's nuke powered.
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MASTERS OF UNDERSTATEMENT: Reports issued by international bodies often demonstrate their generally tenuous grasp in reality. Just such a report is the one issued by the World Economic Forum on Thursday. It claims Muslim women are "struggling to compete for jobs, win equal pay and hold political office, falling behind the rest of the world in eliminating discrimination." That may be because they are held as virtual slaves, forced into arranged marriages, routinely beaten and frequently have their genitals mutilated. Get a clue.
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MORE CHINESE POISON (AGAIN): Now we hear of toy beads from China which just happen to contain the date rape drug GHB. Two American children who ingested the beads are in unresponsive comas. It is once again clear that the continuing flood of poisoned Chinese toys is intentional. How else to explain the presence of a date rape drug? The United States government is failing miserably in its basic duty to protect our citizens from poisoning by foreign powers. ALL trade with China should cease until they stop attempting to murder our kids. The death or injury of American children by foreign goods is the direct responsibility of those in our government who pathetically refuse to protect our interests, largely for economic reasons.
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